Desert island vacations, the peace we understand, and the heaven we yearn for

Picture for a moment, the peace promised in the holiday brochures, and see and experience the tranquility, calm, beautiful weather, luxurious infinity pools, sounds of the sea, beautiful beaches, rest, good company, and no stress. This promise, first and foremost, is a metaphor for what most of us yearn for, and even crave at times. Assuming we won't get bored in these places (which is a big assumption for sure!), we can look forward to a time when we can be always stimulated, challenged, and excited in such an environment, and have the list above as well. In other words, we can have our cake and eat it - be completely, wonderfully still, and at rest and still move forward! The metaphor, of course, which is still but a very pale reflection of the real thing, is that this is like heaven. We can get a taste of it here though in God's peace, which he gives to us wherever we are, and, certainly unlike the holiday brochures passes all understanding (Philippians 4:7).

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